Through PTI
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday attacked the BJP over the acquittal of 3 individuals accused within the Hathras rape-murder case and alleged that it has uncovered the “vulnerable and shoddy” investigation executed by means of the Uttar Pradesh Police and later by means of the CBI.
A different courtroom in Hathras on Thursday final sentenced the primary accused within the 2020 Hathras rape-murder case to existence imprisonment, whilst acquitting the 3 different accused.
Addressing a press convention on the AICC headquarters right here, Congress chief Dolly Sharma stated the heinous crime in Hathras after which the federal government’s position on this subject has uncovered the hollowness of BJP’s “Beti Bachao” slogan.
“The crime of depriving the minor lady of the Dalit group of justice has been dedicated by means of the BJP, which assists in keeping on giving the slogan of supporting everybody,” she stated.
The courtroom discovering one accused in charge and acquitting the opposite 3 has once more “uncovered the vulnerable and shoddy investigation” executed by means of the Uttar Pradesh Police and later by means of the CBI on this case, Sharma stated.
“On this subject, voice used to be steadily raised by means of the Congress birthday party and our chief Rahul Gandhi and the overall secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, repeatedly demanded justice for the sufferer’s circle of relatives,” she stated.
Essentially the most unlucky factor is that the minor daughter of a Dalit circle of relatives used to be brutally gang-raped and murdered and most effective as a result of the “shoddy” investigation by means of the police, the prosecution may no longer even turn out the price of rape within the courtroom, Sharma stated.
The rape and homicide fees may no longer be proved towards the high accused.
The courtroom held Sandeep (20) in charge beneath segment 304 (culpable murder no longer amounting to homicide) of the Indian Penal Code, a lesser price than segment 302 (homicide).
Ravi (35), Luv Kush (23) and Ramu (26) had been acquitted within the case that prompted outrage and put Yogi Adityanath’s BJP govt within the dock over legislation and order within the state.
The courtroom additionally slapped a superb of Rs 50,000 towards Sandeep.
Sharma alleged that as quickly because the subject got here to gentle, the federal government equipment used to be busy giving it the type of a “conspiracy” to save lots of the accused and suppress the subject.
“The acquittal of 3 out of 4 accused as soon as once more proves our allegation that the police and the management acted with critical negligence within the preliminary investigation, witnesses and proof used to be tampered with, power used to be created in each method and a vulnerable prosecution used to be introduced prior to the Courtroom which benefited the accused and denied justice to the sufferer,” she alleged.
Sharma additionally cited different instances through which BJP leaders had been allegedly focused on atrocities towards girls such because the Unnao rape case in 2017, Ankita Bhandari case in Uttarakhand and the discharge of the convicts within the Bilkis Bano case beneath the BJP govt in Gujarat.
“It’s noteworthy that regardless of a majority of these barbaric incidents that came about within the final 9 years, Top Minister (Narendra) Modi didn’t say a phrase.
What does this silence constitute?” she stated.
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday attacked the BJP over the acquittal of 3 individuals accused within the Hathras rape-murder case and alleged that it has uncovered the “vulnerable and shoddy” investigation executed by means of the Uttar Pradesh Police and later by means of the CBI.
A different courtroom in Hathras on Thursday final sentenced the primary accused within the 2020 Hathras rape-murder case to existence imprisonment, whilst acquitting the 3 different accused.
Addressing a press convention on the AICC headquarters right here, Congress chief Dolly Sharma stated the heinous crime in Hathras after which the federal government’s position on this subject has uncovered the hollowness of BJP’s “Beti Bachao” slogan.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“The crime of depriving the minor lady of the Dalit group of justice has been dedicated by means of the BJP, which assists in keeping on giving the slogan of supporting everybody,” she stated.
The courtroom discovering one accused in charge and acquitting the opposite 3 has once more “uncovered the vulnerable and shoddy investigation” executed by means of the Uttar Pradesh Police and later by means of the CBI on this case, Sharma stated.
“On this subject, voice used to be steadily raised by means of the Congress birthday party and our chief Rahul Gandhi and the overall secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, repeatedly demanded justice for the sufferer’s circle of relatives,” she stated.
Essentially the most unlucky factor is that the minor daughter of a Dalit circle of relatives used to be brutally gang-raped and murdered and most effective as a result of the “shoddy” investigation by means of the police, the prosecution may no longer even turn out the price of rape within the courtroom, Sharma stated.
The rape and homicide fees may no longer be proved towards the high accused.
The courtroom held Sandeep (20) in charge beneath segment 304 (culpable murder no longer amounting to homicide) of the Indian Penal Code, a lesser price than segment 302 (homicide).
Ravi (35), Luv Kush (23) and Ramu (26) had been acquitted within the case that prompted outrage and put Yogi Adityanath’s BJP govt within the dock over legislation and order within the state.
The courtroom additionally slapped a superb of Rs 50,000 towards Sandeep.
Sharma alleged that as quickly because the subject got here to gentle, the federal government equipment used to be busy giving it the type of a “conspiracy” to save lots of the accused and suppress the subject.
“The acquittal of 3 out of 4 accused as soon as once more proves our allegation that the police and the management acted with critical negligence within the preliminary investigation, witnesses and proof used to be tampered with, power used to be created in each method and a vulnerable prosecution used to be introduced prior to the Courtroom which benefited the accused and denied justice to the sufferer,” she alleged.
Sharma additionally cited different instances through which BJP leaders had been allegedly focused on atrocities towards girls such because the Unnao rape case in 2017, Ankita Bhandari case in Uttarakhand and the discharge of the convicts within the Bilkis Bano case beneath the BJP govt in Gujarat.
“It’s noteworthy that regardless of a majority of these barbaric incidents that came about within the final 9 years, Top Minister (Narendra) Modi didn’t say a phrase.
What does this silence constitute?” she stated.